The Twilight Saga: New Moon


Bella Swan is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.

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Bella Swan is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.


RELEASE DATE
November 20, 2009
March 20, 2010 (DVD)
CURRENT STATUS
Now On DVD
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Summit Entertainment
MPAA RATING
PG-13 "some violence and action."
OFFICIAL SITES
Official Site
DIRECTED BY
Chris Weitz
WRITTEN BY
Stephenie Meyer
Melissa Rosenberg
STARRING
 Robert Pattinson
Taylor Lautner
Kristen Stewart
Ashley Greene
Peter Facinelli
Elizabeth Reaser
Kellan Lutz
Nikki Reed
Jackson Rathbone
Edi Gathegi
Rachelle Lafevre
Billy Burke
Charlie Bewley
Jamie Campbell Bower
Daniel Cudmore
Christopher Heyerdahl
Dakota Fanning
Cameron Bright
Noot Seer
Michael Sheen
Graham Greene
Tinsel Korey 

PROJECT DETAILS
  • Filming began in Vancouver in March '09 and shot in the ancient Tuscan city of Volterra in May for two weeks.
  • Actor Jamie Campbell-Bower plays "Caius", a member of an Italian coven of vampires called the Volturi.
  • Canadian supermodel Noot Seear is said to be playing "Heidi".
  • Dakota Fanning plays a vampire with an "angelic exterior", who works for the Volturi family.
  • New director Chris Weitz may be remembered by his recent work on The Golden Compass.
  • Actor Taylor Lautner returns as "Jacob" despite early talks that he wasn't "bulky enough" for the role.
  • Despite the novel, "Edward" will have a much larger role in this film.
  • Director Catherine Hardwicke will not return.
  • Melissa Rosenberg returns to adapt the screenplay.
  • Summit Entertainment purchased the film rights to this and the following installments in the series, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, shortly before Twilight was released in theaters.
  • Based on Stephenie Meyer's novel, this is the sequel to Twilight.
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